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Star Trek Builders Unite 8: THE REBOOT

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  • Ryuu@AMcCFRyuu@AMcCF Posts: 772

    GRFK DSGN Unlimited said:

    True. But maybe the product description could've said something about what version of Poser it is suitable for. If they've changed the rigging, it's possible it might not work well in earlier versions of Poser too.

    Indeed, since the latest Poser I have is Poser 9/Poser Pro 2012--from the YEAR 2012. I've not been able to load this into my machine since I need an external DVD reader. New machines don't even come with those.

    I'm wondering if I'm going to have issues with such an old version of the program.

  • wsterdanwsterdan Posts: 3,038

    For Canadians, today (September 6th) is the anniversary of the first broadcast of Star Trek (we aired it two days before the U.S. for the first two seasons). 

    59 years of wonder...what a wild ride!

  • nabob21nabob21 Posts: 1,053

    I have used lots of items made for Poser 8 and newer in Daz Studio without any issues.

  • wsterdanwsterdan Posts: 3,038

    nabob21 said:

    I have used lots of items made for Poser 8 and newer in Daz Studio without any issues.

    The items that cause problems are rigged characters that use their newer weight mapping.  

  • Robert FreiseRobert Freise Posts: 4,567

    Happy Star Trek Day

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,230

    Ryuu@AMcCF said:

    GRFK DSGN Unlimited said:

    Sfariah D said:

    GRFK DSGN Unlimited said:

    Has anyone else purchased this item? I'm curious as to what your experience was like.

    https://www.daz3d.com/retalian-for-poser

    David

    not yet but looks like a cool alien. 

    It is. Only issue I have is that the rigging doesn't seem to work well in DAZ. When I loaded it, the tentacles basically exploded. I know it says it's for Poser, but most Poser items don't have an issue working in DAZ. The tentacles load in as already posed. Body parts are moved dramatically from their original position. I'll have to post a picture later of what I mean.

    I see what you mean. I don't have Poser installed yet on the new machine I got, so I can't see if there are any issues with that, but this is totally incompatible with DAZ. Also, the lack of a zero pose and no evident ERCs for the tentacles are not a good sign, either. Vanishing Point usually puts out products much better than this. This is rather disappointing.

     The latest version of Poser I have is 11.  I do not think I reinstalled it since I reset my computer due to an error starting DS and some random HP error. The HP error was odd since I use it a Lenovo.

  • wsterdanwsterdan Posts: 3,038

    Robert Freise said:

    Happy Star Trek Day

    yessmiley 

  • AbrahamRockwellAbrahamRockwell Posts: 128

    Looks like I'm VERY late to this, but it seems a lot of the links go to ShareCG, which unfortunately went belly up a month or so ago :(

  • Ryuu@AMcCFRyuu@AMcCF Posts: 772
    edited September 13

    Sfariah D said:

    Ryuu@AMcCF said:

    GRFK DSGN Unlimited said:

    Sfariah D said:

    GRFK DSGN Unlimited said:

    Has anyone else purchased this item? I'm curious as to what your experience was like.

    https://www.daz3d.com/retalian-for-poser

    David

    not yet but looks like a cool alien. 

    It is. Only issue I have is that the rigging doesn't seem to work well in DAZ. When I loaded it, the tentacles basically exploded. I know it says it's for Poser, but most Poser items don't have an issue working in DAZ. The tentacles load in as already posed. Body parts are moved dramatically from their original position. I'll have to post a picture later of what I mean.

    I see what you mean. I don't have Poser installed yet on the new machine I got, so I can't see if there are any issues with that, but this is totally incompatible with DAZ. Also, the lack of a zero pose and no evident ERCs for the tentacles are not a good sign, either. Vanishing Point usually puts out products much better than this. This is rather disappointing.

     The latest version of Poser I have is 11.  I do not think I reinstalled it since I reset my computer due to an error starting DS and some random HP error. The HP error was odd since I use it a Lenovo.

    I was finally able to get my Poser Pro 2012 installed a couple days ago. While Poser complains the figures are "newer than expected", so far they seem to be loading okay.

    With DAZ, it's rather hit and miss. Many load alright, but some don't.

    Ironically, I started my 3D life with Poser (Poser 3 just before P4 came out), and had quite a few issues getting used to the DS u/i when it first came out ~ Poser 6 or so. Now, after all these years of using DAZ, I have to get used to making used to the Poser u/i again! cheeky

    Thanks.

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  • AuroratrekAuroratrek Posts: 251

    Thought I'd share a little teaser for the reboot of my Star Trek: Aurora fan series. This clip features a new look for the characters. Animated in iClone, but Daz assets all over it! The new story will (and the old episodes did) draw heavily on the Trek assets here in this thread, so thanks to all for making all these great assets available!

  • wsterdanwsterdan Posts: 3,038

    Awesome news, looking forward to it!

  • Robert FreiseRobert Freise Posts: 4,567

    Cool

  • AuroratrekAuroratrek Posts: 251

    Thanks! This is another little clip using assets I found via this thread--so great for Star Trek stories!

     

  • AuroratrekAuroratrek Posts: 251

    In the big list of assets at the beginning of this thread, there are a lot of TOS uniforms for V3 and V4, but are there newer TOS uniforms for later figures like G8, or even G3?

  • blutobluto Posts: 912

    digital toybox has some , male and female for genesis 3 and genesis 8

  • GRFK DSGN UnlimitedGRFK DSGN Unlimited Posts: 1,118

    This artist on DA might have some items you could use

    https://www.deviantart.com/amyaimei/gallery/43583760/freebies

    David

  • AuroratrekAuroratrek Posts: 251

    bluto said:

    digital toybox has some , male and female for genesis 3 and genesis 8

    Thanks! I'm looking into your designs. 

  • AuroratrekAuroratrek Posts: 251

    bluto said:

    digital toybox has some , male and female for genesis 3 and genesis 8

    Thanks! 

  • AuroratrekAuroratrek Posts: 251

    GRFK DSGN Unlimited said:

    This artist on DA might have some items you could use

    https://www.deviantart.com/amyaimei/gallery/43583760/freebies

    David

    Thank you! 

  • AuroratrekAuroratrek Posts: 251

    I'm looking for a TOS Enterprise corridor model. I feel like I even had one years ago, but I lost a lot of stuff in a hard drive incident. Any ideas where I can find a new one?

  • blutobluto Posts: 912

    at one time ptrope had one i think . i not sure where you might findany now that are comunal freebies since share cg went down .

    you might reachn out to vanishing point 3d

    it could be that rhududa made sone for sale ther but if you d m him he might have some stff he woulsd be willing to share .

  • blutobluto Posts: 912
    edited October 30

    auroratrek

     

    https://xcalpro.com/tng/e107_plugins/download/download.php?action=view&id=83

    https://xcalpro.com/tng/e107_plugins/download/download.php?action=view&id=62

    https://xcalpro.com/tng/e107_plugins/download/download.php?action=view&id=84

    https://xcalpro.com/tng/e107_plugins/download/download.php?action=view&id=85

    https://xcalpro.com/tng/e107_plugins/download/request.php?download.96

    https://www.deviantart.com/antoniocc/art/Digital-Exploration-Basic-TOS-shipboard-sets-OBJ-871927956

    https://www.deviantart.com/snowdog3852/art/Star-Trek-Set-03-29-23-1200-955711737

    https://www.deviantart.com/mdbruffy/art/Briefing-room-923517737

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  • GRFK DSGN UnlimitedGRFK DSGN Unlimited Posts: 1,118

    https://www.deviantart.com/rduda

    https://richarddudacreative.com/

  • AuroratrekAuroratrek Posts: 251

    Thanks, Bluto and GRFK! I'll look into these.

  • PtropePtrope Posts: 696

    I never released a specific corridor set, but all of my interior sets include a section of corridor so that one can render them with the doors open and see the corridor outside.

    Renderhub has said they will be taking care of folks who formerly posted freebies on ShareCG - I guess I should start catalgoing my stuff and uploading it there wink

  • AuroratrekAuroratrek Posts: 251

    Thanks, Ptrope! I used your Starfleet Transporter Room way back on my first Aurora episode, which looked great. Makers like you really help the rest of us tell stories. Yeah, looks like half the stuff at the links at the beginning of this thread went to Share CG, so it's taken some detective work to find things. On this thread, you chronicled updating your TOS Bridge set, which looks really nice. Is that available anywhere?

    For the corridor I was looking for, I was able to find a suitable model at Excalibur Productions--thanks Bluto!--which is still out there after all these years, with lots of stuff by Madison Bruffy and Mylochka, some of it going back to 2006! I really needed it for a generic test animation render, for now at least, which I'll upload probably later today.

  • TimbalesTimbales Posts: 2,418
    My dream is to one day learn modeling well enough to create a TOS architectural elements set, similar to Collective 3D's room builders, where one could easily assemble what they wanted from various wall panels, floor tiles, and detail components as needed.
  • nomad-ads_8ecd56922enomad-ads_8ecd56922e Posts: 1,993

    A TOS room-builders pack would be a great asset to have.  Thing is, most of the TOS corridors and whatnot were mainly flat planes and some cylindars, so it's not that hard to model them with basic 3D-creation skills.  That said, there are a few greeblies here and there, made out of pipe-shapes and such and then simply glued onto the wall, which I'd wager the originals were probably made from plumbing pieces and other random scounged pieces-parts.

    Another thing I'd love to see someone do would be a comprehensive build-pack like that, but of Space 1999 wall modules, and for other 60s and 70s sci-fi standing sets, or even for 1950s sci-fi room sets, but that's outside the scope of this Trek thead.

     

  • AuroratrekAuroratrek Posts: 251

    A character animation test for an upcoming episode of my Star Trek fan series Aurora. This was really supposed to be a simple test of some new morphs and clothing for a minor background character you’ll see for about 10 seconds, but it kind of got away from me LOL. I hadn’t intended to use cloth physics (in C4D) but it turned out to be easier than it used to be, tho I went through about 5 different outfits to get here. Anyway, it was a fun exercise, and I learned a lot, including some problems I didn’t know I had to solve. This is using 3DUK's TOS Dress for G8F, Mylochka's Observation Deck, and RawArt's Big Cats: Lion texture. 

  • wsterdanwsterdan Posts: 3,038

    Super-impressive, as always! Really looking forward to your next adventure!

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